Luke 24:50

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise Yahweh!

Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.

He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you.” He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.

He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.

The priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for them Yahweh your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in Yahweh’s name; and according to their word shall every controversy and every assault be decided.

Then Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.

So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.

Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

They worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.

By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.

Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

When they came near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.

They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your offspring possess the gate of those who hate them.”

Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob.

‘Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.’

He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.

He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that your soul may bless me.”

May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,

Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Moses said, “You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.

When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed. When he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded. They had done so; and Moses blessed them.

Behold, a people rises up as a lioness. As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.”

At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.

So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.

When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of Armies.

Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom Yahweh’s word came, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”

Then the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the local governors, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.

In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,

I will bring these to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”

His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in two, from east to west, making a very great valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them, and departed.

He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.

When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

He took a little child, and set him in the middle of them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,

When evening came, he went out of the city.

While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.

He sent two of his disciples, and said to them, “Go into the city, and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,

and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, “Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

When he came near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,

Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.

While he blessed them, he withdrew from them, and was carried up into heaven.

but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, “Tell these things to James and to the brothers.” Then he departed and went to another place.

which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!

Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.

By faith, Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;

I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:

Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.”

He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.”

Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” He said, “Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.”

He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them, and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his own blessing.

This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

About Joseph he said, “His land is blessed by Yahweh, for the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, for the deep that couches beneath,

“Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.

He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

When they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.” Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.

I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.